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Women versus men¡¦s difference

In life, in general we unconsciously play the roles we view ourselves as male or female and we tend to play the role that others expect us from the time that we were children. I remember my parents were expecting me as a boy, because they had two daughters already and they really wanted a boy. So I acted less girlish. Then as I grew up, I realized my role as a lady, I should act more feminine. Then I was unaware of how I changed my behavior. In class, we explored the issue of men and women through reading Wollstonecraft, Ehrlich, Teen¡¦s essays. What make women distinguished from men can be explained by the causes in society, media, power structures and that women and men play specific roles in society
Wollstonecraft says with men in a position of power, the men create weak women. Women are required to be sensitive, to use soft tones, to be delicate by men. All of these are almost ¡§synonymous¡¨ with weakness. But sensibility, softness, delicacy are not bad things. They are...

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